If you are in St. Louis this Fri/Sat, Darrick will be speaking at Washington University’s Sam Fox School of Design for their symposium: URBANISM(S): SUSTAINABLE CITIES FOR ONE PLANET. His talk, Edible Infrastructures: Cities, Farms & Algorithms, will explore the generative potential of food systems in the design of future cities and a discussion of the potential...

Edible Infrastructures is pleased to announce a collaboration with ARExA on the design of a rooftop greenhouse for a school in lower Manhattan. The vision, is to create a lightweight learning environment for K-12 students developing an understanding of science, the environment, health, economics and entrepreneurship through the production of food, research and innovation. We’ve just...

Edible Infrastructures is honored to be invited to attend TEDxDUMBO:Cities2.0 http://tedxdumbo.com/ this weekend to see/hear/discuss some inspirational new ideas on the future of cities. Check back later next week for a full report on the day’s events.

If you are interested in reading more about our work but already have a stack of ‘must-read’ books on your desk, we’ve put together this research synopsis to give you an overview of our project and to whet your appetite for the real thing. Click through to read via Issuu. Enjoy!

Cidades sem Fome (Cities Without Hunger) is an organization working to bring communal gardens, and just as importantly, agricultural skills, to inhabitants of Sao Paolo’s Favelas. Read more about their important work here -> http://positivenews.org.uk

We’ve posted a digital edition of the book – have a look above (or on Issuu.) We are working on making a print edition available (and affordable) for those of you that have asked! Feel free to email us at info [at] edibleinfrastructures [dot] net – we welcome your feedback. Thanks.

Edible Infrastructures partners, Darrick Borowski and Jeroen Janssen have just learned that they have been awarded ‘Distinction’ for their dissertation “Edible Infrastructures: Organizational Patterns for Urban-Agricultural Landscapes.” Thanks to everyone in Emtech (Emergent Technologies & Design) at the Architectural Association, especially Mike Weinstock, George Jeronimidis, Wolf Mangelsdorf, Toni Kotnik, Suryansh Chandra and many many more…

Edible Infrastructures, Vol II is in. Printed, Bound, Delivered. Lots of new work in the spatial development of our algorithmically generated urban tissues. We’ll be posting new research from this phase online over the coming days.

Used coffee grounds from neighborhood cafes get new life as growing medium for oyster mushrooms, thanks to CityLab7‘s installation at Olsen Kundig’s storefront space in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. Pilar Viladas, over at T Magazine, has a great story about it today – Pioneer Square’s Mushroom Farm

As part of a larger initiative to encourage green buildings, New York’s Department of City Planning is proposing revisions to the building code which would allow waivers of floor area and height limits for rooftop greenhouses. Sadly, buildings with residences or other sleeping accomodations are not included. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/greenbuildings/index.shtml

The Other Inconvenient Truth We typically think of climate change as the biggest environmental issue we face today. But maybe it’s not? In this presentation, Jonathan Foley shows how agriculture and land use are maybe a bigger culprit in the global environment, and could grow even larger as we look to feed over 9 billion...

This year’s TED Prize, by giving the award to an idea instead of a person as is usually the case, recognizes the potential and urgency of developing new ways of thinking about our cities. Why is TED awarding the 2012 TED Prize to an idea and not a person? Because this is an idea capable...